Thai king strips fugitive ex-PM Thaksin of royal decorations
Mar 31, 2019
Thailand's king has stripped fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of all his royal decorations, citing his 2008 flight to escape serving a two-year prison term on a conflict of interest conviction along with other legal cases against him
Journalist critical of Philippine leader arrested again
Mar 29, 2019
The head of a Philippine online news site that has been critical of President Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested for the second time in two months, this time over a ban on foreign ownership of news media
Mt. Gox bitcoin exchanges' Karpeles appeals conviction
Mar 29, 2019
Mark Karpeles, who headed Mt. Gox, a Japan-based bitcoin exchange bankrupted after a massive hacking, is appealing his conviction on charges of manipulating electronic data and reiterated his innocence
Report finds gaps in 2015 probe of mass graves in Malaysia
Mar 27, 2019
A report has found gaps in the investigation and possible obstruction of justice involving Malaysia's 2015 discovery of mass graves believed to be of Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis held in trafficking camps in a jungle area on its border with Thailand
China ex-internet czar sentenced to 14 years for corruption
Mar 26, 2019
China ex-internet censor gets 14 years on corruption charges
Indonesia says arrested Russian smuggled orangutan, lizards
Mar 25, 2019
Indonesian police say they also found geckos and chameleons in the luggage of a Russian tourist who has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of Bali
Russian accused of trying to smuggling orangutan out of Bali
Mar 25, 2019
A drugged orangutan and live geckos and lizards were found inside luggage at an airport on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, and a Russian man is being investigated for possible links to wildlife trafficking
Local officials say 26 killed, 28 injured in China bus fire
Mar 23, 2019
Local authorities say 26 people have been killed and 28 injured after a tour bus caught fire on a highway in central China's Hunan province
Vietnam arrests 8 Chinese suspected of drug trafficking
Mar 21, 2019
Vietnamese police have arrested eight Chinese suspected of drug trafficking after seizing 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of methamphetamine worth up to $26 million
K-pop star Jung Joon-young arrested in sex video scandal
Mar 21, 2019
South Korean police have arrested K-pop singer Jung Joon-young over allegations that he illegally shared sexually explicit videos of women taken without their knowledge or consent